The All England Club has paid tribute to former chairman John Curry CBE, who passed away on Saturday.
Curry joined the club’s committee in 1979 and served as the chairman from 1989 to 1999.
The AELTC says he will be remembered for “taking the Club forward whilst maintaining everything that is special about the Club and The Championships.”
As a young player, Curry reached the quarter-final in singles and semi-finals in both doubles events at the the Junior Championships of Great Britain held at the All England Club – now known as the junior Wimbledon tournament.
He captained the tennis team at Oxford while studying philosophy, politics and economics and St. Edmund Hall College, and was later awarded an MBA with high distinction at Harvard.
Curry became a full member of the All England Club in 1971 and joined the committee eight years later. In 1989, he succeeded Buzzer Hadingham as chairman and held the role for a decade.
During his tenure, Curry was involved in developing the “Long Term Plan” which was unveiled in 1993. It saw the opening of the No.1 Court in 1997 and the No.2 Court in 2009.
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